Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

Schuyler invited me into her room to hear a story she was going to tell some of her toy friends. I grabbed the Flip camera and just started...

Tomorrow, we see Schuyler's neurologist. Today, sidewalk chalk. Julie drew tulips. I drew a grass monster.

I have a love/hate relationship with spring in Texas. I love it for the storms that roll in during the late afternoons, setting off a flurry...

I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams Were it not for your songs...

Superhero Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob This is what we do now. We watch Schuyler, and we wait for signs that she's having absence...

R & S Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob The past seven days have been... well, up and down. Last week, the three of us flew to Nashvill...

Travels with Jasper Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Today, Schuyler began taking the TAKS test. (This is the Texas Assessment of Knowled...

Here's an embarrassing but perhaps amusing story for you. (Before you ask, no, Schuyler was not home for this incident. It would not h...

S Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Well, here we are. This morning saw an event that has loomed in the future, not as a bad thing, but ju...

Baby Schuyler Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob I had a memory pop into my head tonight, kind of out of nowhere. It was the fall of 1999, ...

Us Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Waiting two months to see a neurologist sounds like a long time, even though I'm told that it'...

Flygirl Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob You watch for the big monsters. You brace for them, wait for them to come so you can wrestle wit...

There's been a recurring theme recently in disability blogs and other online forums. Writers, mostly parents, are making lists of "...

Both this blog and my book have made it to the finals of the About.com Readers' Choice Awards . It would be extra super swell if you...

A monster named Sam. Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob I got a reasonable, respectfully worded comment (God, how refreshing) regarding m...

Pondering monsters Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob "...Heaven have mercy on us all - Presbyterians and Pagans alike - for we are...

All parents have a narrative for their children. Some are blatant and perhaps a little horrible, like the ones on a television show that Jul...

Green Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob One of the enduring mysteries of Schuyler is also one of the most interesting, and least quantifiab...